Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-28

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An article In The F0r1m for May, entitled
"Dinins Hail Meudicancy," BY James q
Howard, will strike responsive chord 10
the heart Of every person who frequeatl
hotels and restaurants to any extent Ths
writer explains that the practice OF givipa
gratuities 10 porters, walters and other
servants was imported TO this country
from Europe BY the young men about
town, who, having Travelled abroad, sped
everything foreign, especially everything
travelled tops first began offering tips 70
Delmonic0's walters the more manly OF them
were disposod u resent IT. while others
p0ckotsd the gratuity with the re Election that
the donor must have "takeu Q little too
much" hut what the men OF fortune AZ we'll
~ fashiOn did soon become good form"
and the practice OF tipping soon spread
from the ultra-fashionable hotels aud
cafes to second, third and fourth rate places,
the man who !" puts up ct . hotsl must iee
not only the walters but the cooks, porters,
chanbsr. maids, bell-boys, boot blacks and
BARRIERS ~ we'll Ia order 70 get satiAfActory
find the JanitOrs, baggage-cneckers trunk.
handlers and others st the rail way stations
confidently ex pecting . tip, while the nom
enumerated classes who demand extras
swell the mob to bew wlldering proportions.
The practice, says Mr.. Howard, In indefeu.
sible from every point Of view. The bill Of
fare st restaurant vets forth scale of prices
for the articles Of food or refreshment sup.
piled, and ~ . rule these prices are high
enough, Heaven knows, and are steadily In.
creased, from year TO year in the face OF the
tact that provisions Of oil kinds have been
declining for Q long time. II one were
expected to pay extra only for extra
civility or spe isl intelligence there might
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this IL not at all the ground on which
the practice rests. You are expected TO re-.
ward alike civility and incivility, to pay
handsomely for both intelligence and stu
and insolenca The spsndthrift however
worthless, who wastes the most money on
them gets the best entertsinm the place
can afford, while the provident patron paying
the same high rates, II not lavish with his
money, must put up with the smallest and
mean.st portions that can be served. At
present In high toned places a. much % six.
seventbs of the servants compensation in sad.
died upon the gue'ta The step IN short
one to the European system, under which
servants pay q fixed premium for eligible
positions from which they can prey upon the
public.
The writer deslgnates this way Of obtaining
money as species OF blsckmail where re-
and insult, and adds that at IL licensed rob.
berry less manly than the footpad's, because
you are forced to pay . second time for what
you have paid too enormously already"
The practice In demonstrated TO be detri.
mental TO the interests Of employer, but
there are weightier objections to the system.
Employees are debased and demoralixed by
the Irrational usage The best way found
since the world began to get money il to
earn II. But II able bodied men can get Q
hslE-dollar by standing around opera houses.
aud opening the doors Of gentlomen's car.
risges they will not work q halliday for the
same sum. A lackey will not toll An hour
for . quarter Of dollar II he can get ss
much by handing Q fop match or . tooth.
pick. A distsste for all work which brings
gain slowly follows, and the real working
classes are hence constantly depleted.
In conclusion Mr.. Howard thinks that the
question of servant.feeing deserves serious
and dignitied discussion, and believes that
the evil Is not yet 30 widespread but that 1t
may be checked II all who are opposed 70 1t
on principle will firmly refuse TO submit
to the i'm position aud will do what they can to
create or strengthen public sentiment against
II. II not checked when 1t may be, where viii
1t end? The walters unqualified admiration
cannot be had on low terms, for all laYRess
dispensers know that he invariably places
the standard at the greatest gratiuity he has
ever received, besides which all others ap.
pear small and mean. He IL not to be blamed
Tor this He must draw the line somewhere.
But hal not practical Americana better draw
the line on Q business basis, and pay only for
what they get t?